Midterm 1 (Greek Words for English Definitions) Flashcards
The upper region of air, the habitation of the gods, and from the 5th century onwards, of certain dead.
Aither
any supernatural being, occasionally a guardian spirit that guides the dead to the underworld
Daimon
a modern description of the handshake motif in ancient greek art. possibly intended to symbolise the theme of reunion in Hades
Dexiosis
an image of a dead person appearing on earth, in dreams, or in hades.
Eidolon
the world of the dead (literally translates to “there”)
Ekei
The world of the living (literally translates to “here”)
Enthade
The prerogative or due of the dead
Geras Thanonton
the decent to the underworld by a living or divine being; a description of such decent
Katabasis
the fate of death; ones personal doom
ker
the rite by which ghosts are summoned to appear; any pictorial or literary description of the underworld
Nekyia
The ‘soul’ of the dead as existing in Hades, lacking any apparent function in a living organism
Psyche
a title applied to Hermes as conductor of psychai (He brings people to the underworld)
Psychopompos
The struggle of the psyche to free itself from the body
Psychorrhagema
the weighing of souls in a pair of scales
Psychostasia
an image of a dead person (literally “a shadow”)
Skia
The pit in Athens into which the bodies of condemned criminals were cast
barathron
The ‘Peoples Grave’. was a ceremonial highway leading from the Dipylon Gate on the west side of Athens in the direction of the academy beside which the war dead and other important individuals were buried.
Demosian Sema
A funeral mound or barrow; a family plot
Erion
A shrine erected over the presumed burial spot of a hero
Heroon
A cenotaph (an empty tomb or monument erected in honour of someone buried elsewhere)
Kenotaphion (or Kenon Mnema)
‘The Potters’ Quarter’. A district on the west side of Athens outside the city wall which constituted the city chiefs cemetary.
Kerameikos
A general word for grave. Literally meaning ‘memorial’
Mnema
A Family Plot
Peribolos
A communal grave
Polyandreion
a general word for a grave. Literally means “sign”
Sema
A rectangular wooden or stone grave-marker
Stele
a funeral mound or barrow
Tymbos
